Events at the Library

StoryVine introduces preschoolers to books and reading with engaging stories, songs and activities. Our interactive storytimes encourage language development, socialization and fun. Ages 2.5 to 5 years. Registration is not required. We ask that parents and caregivers participate in the storytime activities with their child or children.

Location: Raytheon Room

Spanish for Beginners: a Four-Class Series

11:45 AM - 1:15 PM

Patricia Barrios and Roberto Perdomo return with a continuation of their very popular lessons. But don't worry--if you missed the first four sessions, there'll be plenty of review to get you caught up. No registration required. Classes will be held on four successive Thursdays: May 17, 24 and 31, and June 7.

3D Design Workshop Keychain

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

New Users Only:

Participants will be using Tinkercad.com to design and eventually print their own personalized keychain. Tinkercad is a fun, free, and easy to use 3D design program. All prints will be free. To register on your own you must be 10 or older, parents of younger kids are welcome to register and design with their children.

Location: Raytheon Room

Friday May 25, 2018

Beginners English Conversation Group

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Do you know someone who is learning basic English? This beginners English conversation group is especially good for people who do not speak English at home.

This group is good for people who know the basics of English and want to refine their conversational skills. Intermediate Conversation Group meets weekly on Wednesdays from 10 to 11 a.m. The meeting place will be the balcony/mezzanine at the library.

Interested in Modern architecture? This illustrated talk will introduce two examples in Wayland by New England architect, Henry B. Hoover (1902-1989). These houses will be discussed in the context of Hoover’s career as a Modern residential architect practicing from the late 1930s to the early 1970s. Harvard-trained, Hoover developed his own "brand” of design that was informed by, but different from, the normative, Bauhaus-driven idea of modern architecture. Beginning with his own house of 1937, the first modern house in Lincoln, his practice grew to include clients in neighboring New England Massachusetts towns including Wayland, Weston, Lincoln, Lexington, Belmont, Leominster, Gloucester, and Newton, as well as Jaffrey, New Hampshire, Thomasville, Georgia, and Miami, Florida. Notable about Hoover’s houses is that they exhibit a satisfying synthesis of the exceptional and the livable, always tailored to a particular client and site. The publication Breaking Ground: Henry B. Hoover, New England Modern Architect (University Press of New England, 2015), which examines all aspects of Hoover’s career, will be available for purchase and signing at the talk.

Patricia Barrios and Roberto Perdomo return with a continuation of their very popular lessons. But don't worry--if you missed the first four sessions, there'll be plenty of review to get you caught up. No registration required. Classes will be held on four successive Thursdays: May 17, 24 and 31, and June 7.

Random Fandom: Anime Free For All

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Teens! Come talk about your favorite anime, make anime-inspired crafts, power up with Pocky, and debate the age old question: subbed or dubbed?

Diagnosis Cancer! What happens next?

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Author and oncologist Dr. Gauri Bhide will give a talk on her newly published book Diagnosis: Cancer! What's Next? apatient-friendly, easy to read, step-by-step guide, which explains the essential facts on cancer diagnosis, treatment and post treatment.

Dealing with a new cancer diagnosis is anxiety-provoking at many levels. This insightful and empowering book for those diagnosed with any type of cancer will help you manage stress and navigate your treatment options. The book's real patient stories, in all stages of cancer, will further assist patients and their families to understand what they're going through and what they might expect in the future.

Workshop coordinator Suzanne Richardson has been an active genealogist for 40 years. She has taught genealogy classes and is a member of several genealogy organizations. Suzanne also facilitates WAY-GEN, a genealogy interest group that meets at the Wayland Council on Aging. She will be assisted by Marcia Hartley, a Wayland resident, active amateur genealogist, and history enthusiast.

Bring your laptop or ipad if possible, or borrow a laptop from the reference desk for in-library use.

Built on her wildly popular Modern Love column, 'When a Couch is More Than a Couch' (9/23/2016), a breathtaking memoir of living meaningfully with 'death in the room' by the 38 year old great-great-great granddaughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson, mother to two young boys, wife of 16 years, after her terminal cancer diagnosis.

A storytime for babies and toddlers filled with songs, rhymes, stories, and movement.

Ages babies to 2.5 years.

Registration is not required.

We ask that parents and caregivers participate in the storytime activities with their child.

Location: Raytheon Room

Great Presenters Series

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Hendrik Broekman: “LIVING THE HARPSICHORD LIFE”

Harpsichords, despite being real, stubbornly remain less well understood than unicorns by most folk, aficionados aside. This program is intended to shed light on the making, music and other fascinations of this near-mythical instrument. It is hoped that one might make a personal appearance.

Hendrik Broekman has been involved with harpsichords all his adult life, both as maker and player. He progressed to his own shop in 1972. Since 1979 he has served as the Technical Director of Hubbard Harpsichords.

This group is good for people who know the basics of English and want to refine their conversational skills. Intermediate Conversation Group meets weekly on Wednesdays from 10 to 11 a.m. The meeting place will be the balcony/mezzanine at the library.

The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's Most Creative Places

by Eric Weiner

Travel the world with Eric Weiner, a long-time foreign correspondent for NPR and a New York Times bestselling author, as he journeys from Athens to Silicon Valley — and throughout history, too— to show how creative genius flourishes in specific places at specific times.

Weiner's style is original and inquisitive, and - often - as humorous as it is informative. Please join us to discuss this entertaining read!

This film explores the important connections between the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act – the only federal legislation in United States history ever to single out and name a specific race and nationality for exclusion from immigration and citizenship – and the history of American civil liberties, immigration, labor, and culture.

Historian Mae Ngai raved:

"This couldn’t come at a more important time in our country… because it tells a story, it tells our story. It shows what was done to our people, but it is also relevant to our present moment, and what is going on today, with anti-immigration laws and prejudices and what’s going on with the Muslim ban. They all have their roots, legally and politically in Chinese exclusion.”

Professor Emma Teng will offer comments after the film. Professor Teng is the T.T. and Wei Fong Chao Professor of Asian Civilizations and MacVicar Faculty Fellow at MIT.

Jeannie Mack will perform all kinds of fun, bounce-around, sing-along songs geared for young children.

Plenty of opportunity for audience participation!

For babies, toddlers, and preschoolers with caregiver.

Location: Raytheon Room

Spanish for Beginners: a Four-Class Series

11:45 AM - 1:15 PM

Patricia Barrios and Roberto Perdomo return with a continuation of their very popular lessons. But don't worry--if you missed the first four sessions, there'll be plenty of review to get you caught up. No registration required. Classes will be held on four successive Thursdays: May 17, 24 and 31, and June 7.

Poetry Workshop

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

This group gathers two Thursdays a month to work on writing poetry. Beginners and advanced are equally welcome.

Writing at the height of her narrative and imaginative gifts, Sue Monk Kidd presents a masterpiece of hope, daring, the quest for freedom, and the desire to have a voice in the world. Inspired by the historical figure of Sarah Grimke, Kidd goes beyond the record to flesh out the rich interior lives of all of her characters, both real and invented. This exquisitely written novel is a triumph of storytelling that looks with unswerving eyes at a devastating wound in American history, through women whose struggles for liberation, empowerment, and expression will leave no reader unmoved.

Workshop coordinator Suzanne Richardson has been an active genealogist for 40 years. She has taught genealogy classes and is a member of several genealogy organizations. Suzanne also facilitates WAY-GEN, a genealogy interest group that meets at the Wayland Council on Aging. She will be assisted by Marcia Hartley, a Wayland resident, active amateur genealogist, and history enthusiast.

Bring your laptop or ipad if possible, or borrow a laptop from the reference desk for in-library use.

A storytime for babies and toddlers filled with songs, rhymes, stories, and movement.

Ages babies to 2.5 years.

Registration is not required.

We ask that parents and caregivers participate in the storytime activities with their child.

Location: Raytheon Room

Wednesday June 13, 2018

Board of Library Trustees

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Armchair Travel Book Club

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Havana: A Subtropical Delirium by Mark Kulansky

The author presents an insider's view of Havana: the elegant, tattered city he has come to know over more than thirty years. Part cultural history, part travelogue, with recipes, historic engravings, photographs, and his own pen-and-ink drawings throughout, Havana celebrates the city's music, literature, baseball, food, architecture and its extraordinary blend of cultures.

This group is good for people who know the basics of English and want to refine their conversational skills. Intermediate Conversation Group meets weekly on Wednesdays from 10 to 11 a.m. The meeting place will be the balcony/mezzanine at the library.

StoryVine introduces preschoolers to books and reading with engaging stories, songs and activities. Our interactive storytimes encourage language development, socialization and fun. Ages 2.5 to 5 years. Registration is not required. We ask that parents and caregivers participate in the storytime activities with their child or children.

Location: Raytheon Room

Cookbook Club

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Cookbook Club -- Join us as we all cook from the same book and enjoy it potluck style!

Participants will make a recipe from a selected cookbook to share. While enjoying our homemade delights, we'll discuss the book, its author, and what each has to offer. For more information, contact Sarah Hogan at shogan@minlib.net

This month's cookbook: Around My French Table: More Than 300 Recipes From My Home to Yours by Dorie Greenspan

Workshop coordinator Suzanne Richardson has been an active genealogist for 40 years. She has taught genealogy classes and is a member of several genealogy organizations. Suzanne also facilitates WAY-GEN, a genealogy interest group that meets at the Wayland Council on Aging. She will be assisted by Marcia Hartley, a Wayland resident, active amateur genealogist, and history enthusiast.

Bring your laptop or ipad if possible, or borrow a laptop from the reference desk for in-library use.

Teens! Feed your brain while studying with your friends at the library.

Pizza will be served at 5:30 p.m. on these nights.

Granola bars, cookies, and other treats will also be available.

AND the library will stay open until 11 p.m. just for you.

We hope you ace your exams.

Tuesday June 19, 2018

Mother Goose Time

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

A storytime for babies and toddlers filled with songs, rhymes, stories, and movement.

Ages babies to 2.5 years.

Registration is not required.

We ask that parents and caregivers participate in the storytime activities with their child.

Location: Raytheon Room

Teen Pizza Night

5:30 PM - 11:00 PM

Teens! Feed your brain while studying with your friends at the library.

Pizza will be served at 5:30 p.m. on these nights.

Granola bars, cookies, and other treats will also be available.

AND the library will stay open until 11 p.m. just for you.

We hope you ace your exams.

Wednesday June 20, 2018

Board of Library Trustees

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Drop-in Craft: Crazy Gardens

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Drop-in and make crazy crafty flowers with librarian Elise Katz.

For children ages 5 and up.

Teen Pizza Night

5:30 PM - 11:00 PM

Teens! Feed your brain while studying with your friends at the library.

Pizza will be served at 5:30 p.m. on these nights.

Granola bars, cookies, and other treats will also be available.

AND the library will stay open until 11 p.m. just for you.

We hope you ace your exams.

Thursday June 21, 2018

Storyvine

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

StoryVine introduces preschoolers to books and reading with engaging stories, songs and activities. Our interactive storytimes encourage language development, socialization and fun. Ages 2.5 to 5 years. Registration is not required. We ask that parents and caregivers participate in the storytime activities with their child or children.

Location: Raytheon Room

Poetry Workshop

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

This group gathers two Thursdays a month to work on writing poetry. Beginners and advanced are equally welcome.

A storytime for babies and toddlers filled with songs, rhymes, stories, and movement.

Ages babies to 2.5 years.

Registration is not required.

We ask that parents and caregivers participate in the storytime activities with their child.

Location: Raytheon Room

Wednesday June 27, 2018

Rock the Library! Magic Show

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Magician Debbie O'Carroll and her husband, musician Tom O'Carroll

will kick off our Summer Reading Program Libraries Rock

with their Magic Show that highlights music from from around the world.

For ages 5 and up.

Thursday June 28, 2018

Storyvine

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

StoryVine introduces preschoolers to books and reading with engaging stories, songs and activities. Our interactive storytimes encourage language development, socialization and fun. Ages 2.5 to 5 years. Registration is not required. We ask that parents and caregivers participate in the storytime activities with their child or children.

Location: Raytheon Room

Monday July 2, 2018

Room is Booked

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Tuesday July 3, 2018

Mother Goose Time

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

A storytime for babies and toddlers filled with songs, rhymes, stories, and movement.

Ages babies to 2.5 years.

Registration is not required.

We ask that parents and caregivers participate in the storytime activities with their child.

Location: Raytheon Room

Thursday July 5, 2018

Storyvine

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

StoryVine introduces preschoolers to books and reading with engaging stories, songs and activities. Our interactive storytimes encourage language development, socialization and fun. Ages 2.5 to 5 years. Registration is not required. We ask that parents and caregivers participate in the storytime activities with their child or children.

Location: Raytheon Room

Tuesday July 10, 2018

Mother Goose Time

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

A storytime for babies and toddlers filled with songs, rhymes, stories, and movement.

Ages babies to 2.5 years.

Registration is not required.

We ask that parents and caregivers participate in the storytime activities with their child.

Location: Raytheon Room

Wednesday July 11, 2018

Room is Booked

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Thursday July 12, 2018

Storyvine

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

StoryVine introduces preschoolers to books and reading with engaging stories, songs and activities. Our interactive storytimes encourage language development, socialization and fun. Ages 2.5 to 5 years. Registration is not required. We ask that parents and caregivers participate in the storytime activities with their child or children.

Location: Raytheon Room

Cookbook Club

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Cookbook Club -- Join us as we all cook from the same book and enjoy it potluck style!

Participants will make a recipe from a selected cookbook to share. While enjoying our homemade delights, we'll discuss the book, its author, and what each has to offer. For more information, contact Sarah Hogan at shogan@minlib.net

This month's cookbook: The New Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone by Deborah Madison

A storytime for babies and toddlers filled with songs, rhymes, stories, and movement.

Ages babies to 2.5 years.

Registration is not required.

We ask that parents and caregivers participate in the storytime activities with their child.

Location: Raytheon Room

Thursday July 19, 2018

Storyvine

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

StoryVine introduces preschoolers to books and reading with engaging stories, songs and activities. Our interactive storytimes encourage language development, socialization and fun. Ages 2.5 to 5 years. Registration is not required. We ask that parents and caregivers participate in the storytime activities with their child or children.

Location: Raytheon Room

Tuesday July 24, 2018

Mother Goose Time

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

A storytime for babies and toddlers filled with songs, rhymes, stories, and movement.

Ages babies to 2.5 years.

Registration is not required.

We ask that parents and caregivers participate in the storytime activities with their child.

Location: Raytheon Room

Thursday July 26, 2018

Toe Jam Puppets

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Location: Raytheon Room

Tuesday July 31, 2018

Mother Goose Time

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

A storytime for babies and toddlers filled with songs, rhymes, stories, and movement.

Ages babies to 2.5 years.

Registration is not required.

We ask that parents and caregivers participate in the storytime activities with their child.

StoryVine introduces preschoolers to books and reading with engaging stories, songs and activities. Our interactive storytimes encourage language development, socialization and fun. Ages 2.5 to 5 years. Registration is not required. We ask that parents and caregivers participate in the storytime activities with their child or children.

Location: Raytheon Room

Didgeridoo Down Under

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

contact person: Pam McCuen

Tuesday August 7, 2018

Mother Goose Time

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

A storytime for babies and toddlers filled with songs, rhymes, stories, and movement.

Ages babies to 2.5 years.

Registration is not required.

We ask that parents and caregivers participate in the storytime activities with their child.

Location: Raytheon Room

Thursday August 9, 2018

Storyvine

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

StoryVine introduces preschoolers to books and reading with engaging stories, songs and activities. Our interactive storytimes encourage language development, socialization and fun. Ages 2.5 to 5 years. Registration is not required. We ask that parents and caregivers participate in the storytime activities with their child or children.

Location: Raytheon Room

Tuesday August 14, 2018

Mother Goose Time

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

A storytime for babies and toddlers filled with songs, rhymes, stories, and movement.

Ages babies to 2.5 years.

Registration is not required.

We ask that parents and caregivers participate in the storytime activities with their child.

Location: Raytheon Room

Thursday August 16, 2018

Storyvine

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

StoryVine introduces preschoolers to books and reading with engaging stories, songs and activities. Our interactive storytimes encourage language development, socialization and fun. Ages 2.5 to 5 years. Registration is not required. We ask that parents and caregivers participate in the storytime activities with their child or children.

Location: Raytheon Room

Tuesday August 21, 2018

Mother Goose Time

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

A storytime for babies and toddlers filled with songs, rhymes, stories, and movement.

Ages babies to 2.5 years.

Registration is not required.

We ask that parents and caregivers participate in the storytime activities with their child.

Location: Raytheon Room

Thursday August 23, 2018

Storyvine

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

StoryVine introduces preschoolers to books and reading with engaging stories, songs and activities. Our interactive storytimes encourage language development, socialization and fun. Ages 2.5 to 5 years. Registration is not required. We ask that parents and caregivers participate in the storytime activities with their child or children.

StoryVine introduces preschoolers to books and reading with engaging stories, songs and activities. Our interactive storytimes encourage language development, socialization and fun. Ages 2.5 to 5 years. Registration is not required. We ask that parents and caregivers participate in the storytime activities with their child or children.

Location: Raytheon Room

Exhibit Installation

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Tuesday September 4, 2018

Mother Goose Time

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

A storytime for babies and toddlers filled with songs, rhymes, stories, and movement.

Ages babies to 2.5 years.

Registration is not required.

We ask that parents and caregivers participate in the storytime activities with their child.

StoryVine introduces preschoolers to books and reading with engaging stories, songs and activities. Our interactive storytimes encourage language development, socialization and fun. Ages 2.5 to 5 years. Registration is not required. We ask that parents and caregivers participate in the storytime activities with their child or children.

Location: Raytheon Room

Poetry Workshop

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

This group gathers two Thursdays a month to work on writing poetry. Beginners and advanced are equally welcome.

A storytime for babies and toddlers filled with songs, rhymes, stories, and movement.

Ages babies to 2.5 years.

Registration is not required.

We ask that parents and caregivers participate in the storytime activities with their child.

Location: Raytheon Room

Thursday September 13, 2018

Storyvine

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

StoryVine introduces preschoolers to books and reading with engaging stories, songs and activities. Our interactive storytimes encourage language development, socialization and fun. Ages 2.5 to 5 years. Registration is not required. We ask that parents and caregivers participate in the storytime activities with their child or children.

A storytime for babies and toddlers filled with songs, rhymes, stories, and movement.

Ages babies to 2.5 years.

Registration is not required.

We ask that parents and caregivers participate in the storytime activities with their child.

Location: Raytheon Room

Thursday September 20, 2018

Storyvine

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

StoryVine introduces preschoolers to books and reading with engaging stories, songs and activities. Our interactive storytimes encourage language development, socialization and fun. Ages 2.5 to 5 years. Registration is not required. We ask that parents and caregivers participate in the storytime activities with their child or children.

Location: Raytheon Room

Poetry Workshop

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

This group gathers two Thursdays a month to work on writing poetry. Beginners and advanced are equally welcome.

Contact: Joan Kimball 978-318-0991

Location: Raytheon Room

The Link Between Chronic Disease & Nutrition

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Join us for a fun and informative talk about the brand new dietary guidelines released by the US Government which BUST the low-cholesterol and low-fat diet myth. The new Federal dietary recommendations say healthy eating DOES include EGGS and FAT! We will share shopping tips and easy recipes for yummy, FAT-filled and HEALTHY meals.

Denise Roskamp has been the owner and president of Home Helpers, a fully licensed, insured and bonded home care agency, since May of 2012. Home Helpers provides compassionate and reliable support and care to elders and their families throughout the Boston MetroWest area. Denise holds a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and is a licensed Dementia Trainer and Practitioner.

StoryVine introduces preschoolers to books and reading with engaging stories, songs and activities. Our interactive storytimes encourage language development, socialization and fun. Ages 2.5 to 5 years. Registration is not required. We ask that parents and caregivers participate in the storytime activities with their child or children.

Training classes for new ESOL tutors are scheduled for five Monday evenings, 6:00pm-9:00pm, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 11/5, and 11/19. Pre-registration is required. If you are interested in participating or have questions, please contact Ginny Steel, ESOL Program Director, at the phone number or email address listed above.

Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Author Eric Jay Dolin will discuss his recently released book Black Flags, Blue Waters which reveals the dramatic and surprising history of American piracy’s “Golden Age”—spanning the late 1600s through the early 1700s—when lawless pirates plied the coastal waters of North America and beyond. Dolin illustrates how American colonists at first supported these outrageous pirates in an early display of colonial solidarity against the Crown, and then violently opposed them. Through engrossing episodes of roguish glamour and extreme brutality, Dolin depicts the star pirates of this period, among them towering Blackbeard, ill-fated Captain Kidd, and sadistic Edward Low, who delighted in torturing his prey. Also brilliantly detailed are the pirates’ manifold enemies, including colonial governor John Winthrop, evangelist Cotton Mather, and young Benjamin Franklin. Upending popular misconceptions and cartoonish stereotypes, Dolin provides this wholly original account of the seafaring outlaws whose raids reflect the precarious nature of American colonial life.

Training classes for new ESOL tutors are scheduled for five Monday evenings, 6:00pm-9:00pm, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 11/5, and 11/19. Pre-registration is required. If you are interested in participating or have questions, please contact Ginny Steel, ESOL Program Director, at the phone number or email address listed above.

Training classes for new ESOL tutors are scheduled for five Monday evenings, 6:00pm-9:00pm, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 11/5, and 11/19. Pre-registration is required. If you are interested in participating or have questions, please contact Ginny Steel, ESOL Program Director, at the phone number or email address listed above.

Training classes for new ESOL tutors are scheduled for five Monday evenings, 6:00pm - 9:00pm, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 11/5, and 11/19. Pre-registration is required. If you are interested in participating or have questions, please contact Ginny Steel, ESOL Program Director, at the phone number or email address listed above.

Training classes for new ESOL tutors are scheduled for five Monday evenings, 6:00pm-9:00pm, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 11/5, and 11/19. Pre-registration is required. If you are interested in participating or have questions, please contact Ginny Steel, ESOL Program Director, at the phone number or email address listed above.

This group gathers two Thursdays a month to work on writing poetry. Beginners and advanced are equally welcome.

Contact: Joan Kimball 978-318-0991

Location: Raytheon Room

Monday December 10, 2018

The Guide to Walden Pond with Robert M. Thorson

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

This is the first guidebook to Henry David Thoreau’s most defining place, visited by half a million people each year and widely known as the fountainhead of America's environmental consciousness.

Using this guide, both armchair readers and trail-walkers alike can amble around the pond’s shoreline, pausing at fifteen special places to learn about people, historic events, and the natural world. Thoreau will be a constant companion via quotes from Walden. Stop by stop, the place of his book will merge with the book of his place.

Abundantly illustrated with photographs, drawings, and maps, this guide is a must-have for a meaningful, engaging tour of Walden Pond as well as a souvenir of a visit.

ROBERT M. THORSON is a professor at the University of Connecticut. An award-winning author, scientist, and journalist, he's an expert tour guide for Thoreau's Concord and a frequent speaker and consultant. From his home in Storrs, Connecticut, he walks to work on a trail through the woods.